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Holy S****, you came through big time! Thank you, this will save me alot of frustration I'm sure

lol, I wish it was that easy. It is paradise, I won't argue that, but the bass here can be famously finnicky, especially with water level changes You gave me a good idea though, cigarette butt bass baits, lol

Bass season never closes here I've used an airbrush for almost ten years, so I have some experience. I haven't used one in the past 2 years though, so it'll take a little getting used to again. But, I've never used one to paint baits, so.... Yeah, I'll need lots of practise. Do you have any experience with this? Some pointers would be appreciated, I'm sure I'll screw up a few layering jobs, lol.

What, no orders???? I can't wait for the real thing, this was actually alot of fun

no doubt, but I had to do something while waiting for the new airbrush, lol

So, sitting around having coffee this morning and itchin' for some bass fishing later in the day, so I decided outta nowhere to do some tinkering with a few chipped baits outta the kids tackle boxes, lol. I had went out in the boat yesterday and found some pre spawn smallies, so the plan was to dink with these baits then go out and test em. These are very crude baits, I wanted to try some color schemes and wanted to be able to remove the paint asap, so I used some nail polish(hahahaah) and some neon fabric paint, followed with some clear coats. Got out about 6pm and first cast, a 25" pike! Awesome, thats was really cool. Move to the bass spot and get three nice smallies in about 15 minutes. I'm on to something here with the color schemes, lol. So I'm pretty excited. Can't wait for my other supplies to arrive so I can actually start working on my hundred lot of various cranks from luremaking.com!!! Chipped bait Different bait, already primed (not very good though, lol) Hanging to dry Black coat with neon eyes/stripes, fluorescent pink belly Finished with sparkles and clear coats Neon coat with black eyes Sparkled up and clear coated Drying again Lipless crank, black and sparkle One bass Another

I'm working on a few crude cranks today, hopefully have them ready for walleye opener. I'm not sure what cranks they are???? They are chipped baits from my sons tackle box, so I'm using them to experiment on. They are cheap coating, so I used nail polish remover to remove the paint, took all of 15 minutes to have them bare. Took them out and dried them off with paper towel and the paint just peels right off! These are plastic cranks, and I want to get some practice in while I contemplate the hundred or so blanks I have sitting around from this winter. Can't wait to finish and try these out!!!!

Do a search, they have a good website, forget the addy though??? Beautiful campgrounds there, and great fishing right off the beach (walleyes) I used to take my kids there when I worked for Weyerhaueser in Ear Falls

I use canola, veg and bacon grease. Just depends on my mood/whats available. I love olive oil for other applications, but burns at a low temp and isn't good for frying fish. I once cooked some walleye in just pure butter, and man was it tasty. Big time pain in the but for doing up more than a few pieces though. Had to rewash the pan after each batch.

I'll second this. Amazing reel

That is a shame. He was really entertaining player to watch as well. Any idea what happend? I hear all these shows talk about him but nothing of what actually happened to him??? and it was very nice to see his old teammates/fans come out to celebrate his life, good on ya RIP

The Great Bear, even though it's an hour from me on the northeast side of Fort Frances. It's def. worth it. Tons of great selection, geared towards Rainy River, Rainy Lake and LOTW for the most part, so it covers almost everything. Great ownership, very helpful. Great stories and fish talk (huge plus for me) Prices I'd say are average, some things are great, others are what you'd expect, some of the higher end bass cranks and etc can be pretty high, but if you get to know them, you'll always leave with some free gear. Last year I took home about 20 rapala Dt series baits that were in the discount bin, free of charge! lol Plus 1 dozen med minnows to them means 3 dozen, lol, always a huge plus

lol, I got all excited thinking an OFC member was going to be fishing near me, in Bass Lake Nestor Falls oh wel l:tease:

This is the best new show out there. Me and a Harvey (Rainy River Adventures) will possibly be fishing with Barry this August for the Rainy Lake/LOTW episodes they are filming! Can't wait to see the production, Barry says it's amazing the equipment they have for this show. "DOUBLE HEADER!!!! TRIPLE HEADER!!!!!!!!" ahahahah, Barry is awesome:clapping:

We call them safety pins. I actually used some yesterday bass fishing. I'm still awaiting them to move shallower for pre spawn, so I thought I'd go check yesterday. I used a number of baits trying to entice a strike to no avail. Tied on a safety pin with a 3" Gulp leech and had a few really nice strikes. Water was fairly clear and choppy, so that shimmer of the blade looked great. I'd cast into the deeper water, about 28 ft., let it sink to bottom and start with a slow retrieve, rod tip down. Every few feet give it a light pop and let it flutter back to bottom. Got 3 really nice bass to follow right to the boat in the shallows and break water to strike just at the upswing into the boat. These are pretty similar to a bladed jig head, but I like that safety pins are generally snagless

That is one manly exception

If you need flavored creamer for your coffee.... If you won't eat food because the seasoning just isn't right... If you need help making hamburgers because you don't like the feel of the meat... If you let the gas station attendant pump your gas...

crap on the hands is one thing...

Assuming it's a clean lake, not a New Jersey disposal site. Didn't mean to offend, this thread is all about the lol's sorry to hear that If it makes you feel any better, I ate some crap today

You should see Dryden to Red Lake! If you even hit the speed limit your lucky

If you sneak tackle into a cart so the wife doesn't see it until the checkout line, then your... Oh crap!

know, and thats what made it so much worse, yet tolerable last week I took puke to the mouth as well, I'm on a role. next up must be pee, or so seems the pattern

If you need gloves to handle any freshwater fish, other than muskie, your revoked If you need anyone to land a fish for you, you are revoked If you have a tap tap at the end of your line and call for the net immediately, you are revoked. If you snag and think its a fish, and everyone else knows its a snag, and you say " but it WAS moving", you are revoked. If your afraid to swim in a lake, well, your revoked If you don't read fishing magazine on the crapper, well after your done, your revoked If you can't parallel park, your revoked If you panfish with braided line, your probably Red Green

So, girlfriend wakes me up at 2am to let me know shes going to the hospital. Her cousin is about to have a baby! Woot woot! Awesome news. So this means I'm up with our 6 month old baby girl by 530am, no worries, well, until I go to give her a morning change. She's wearing some tights underneath a one piece pull over sleeper, Daddys favorite outfit on her, looks like the ultimate snuggie. Then I go to pull of her tights and pull a little too hard, it smacks me in the face/mouth. Then it hit it, literally. She soaked through with a massive runny poop. Just great:clapping:

I have one memory of this thing. About 3 years ago my and a few buddies went up to his cottage for a few days. The plan was beer, beer and more beer. Didn't even bring any fishing gear (I know, I'm crazy). Anyhow, it was on this beautiful small lake, and me and a friend decided to canoe around the lake, all the sudden I got that urge. So we looked around his shed for something useable, and the Popeil was all there was that worked. So I threw on a a 1/8 oz. jig, dug up a worm, rigged it up and off we went. Dropped the line till it hit bottom, and paddled for about two hours all around the lake. Drank about 6 beers and headed back. No bites. We get close to shore and I reel in, low and behold, I had a fish on. It was a monster weighing in at about 1/3 of a lb. Never even felt it on the ultra sensitive Popeil. Hope this helps you put it back together